Ah, Rare, the cornerstone of British humour. Their latest title, Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts is a quirky racer/builder/platformer combo with a wonderfully wry streak that seems quite happy to poke fun at anyone and everyone. I spent a few hours with the game last night, and couldn’t help but laugh at the scrawny-looking Trophy guy, a new character that dishes out Trophies for completing levels in the quickest time. There’s even Achievements for picking up Trophies, the first one called “My First Trophy“, followed by arbitary further achievements like “More Trophies” and “Even More Trophies”. Cute.













November 14th, 2008 at 8:48 am
I once sold a game to somebody at Rare. True story!
cc_star Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 10:46 am
I once sold a rare game on eBay.
Coincidence? I think not
Michael Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
I sold my game on eBay! And I rarely do that.
Jas-n Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
i rarely sell my games on eBay, although I sold like 10 of my sister’s - not rare.
cc_star Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Brilliant
Did she know?
November 14th, 2008 at 8:58 am
**gasp!** there’s a new banjo?!
November 14th, 2008 at 11:05 am
I once bought a Rare game from someone on eBay. Wiiiiieeeeeerd…
November 14th, 2008 at 1:15 pm
I once bought a game from someone at Rare. It keeps getting stranger round here.
November 14th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I once bought a Rare game called Perfect Dark Zero and was one of the few who loved it :S Gnarely non?
November 14th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
I once never bought a Rare game.
GamerRiley Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Me neither!, is that rare not to have owned a rare title?
Hodgi92 Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
hahaha…me neither
November 14th, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Strange. One time I bought ebay from Rare on a game.
Maybe i’ll publish that level afterall…
November 14th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
http://banjokazooie.wikia.com/wiki/Trophy_Thomas
I guess that’s how they see the PS3… as an “overly-competitive braggart”. Lol.
nofi Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Yeah, I knew there was something I’d forgotten to mention. He’s looked down on quite a bit in the game, it’s all very sly and very funny.
November 16th, 2008 at 11:15 am
sad just sad